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Skip Permits in Inverurie
Aberdeenshire Council is the roads authority for Inverurie. If a skip has to sit on a public road, it needs a roads permit first. If it can go on your drive or other private land, you do not need a permit. We arrange the permit for you when one is needed.
| Skip on a public road | Roads permit required before the skip is placed |
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| Council fee | £39.87 for up to 7 days, as published by Aberdeenshire Council. We confirm the cost at booking. |
| Notice needed | The council asks for at least 7 days' notice before the skip goes down |
| Maximum skip size | 5m long by 2m wide |
| Skip on private land | No permit needed |
Tell us where the skip will go when you book and we will let you know whether a permit is needed.
Nearest Recycling Centre to Inverurie
Inverurie has its own household waste recycling centre. Aberdeenshire Council runs it for household waste only.
| Centre | Inverurie Recycling Centre, Souterford Road, Inverurie, AB51 0TP |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Daily, 9am to 12.30pm and 1pm to 4.30pm (4pm on Fridays). Check the council for Christmas and New Year changes. |
| Booking | All vehicles must book a visit in advance |
| Not accepted | Trade waste, asbestos, tyres and liquid paint |
For a bigger clear-out or any trade waste, a skip saves booking slots and repeated trips. We deliver and collect, so you can fill it at your own pace.
Skip hire FAQs.
We provide cheap, local and reliable domestic skip hire in Inverurie and within a 30 mile radius.
It’s not just a case of how much waste you have! You also need to consider how much room you have on your site and will then need to think about the type of waste you will be disposing of. For example if the waste is heavy (e.g. soil/brick/rubble) then you will be restricted as to how large a skip you can have.
When only a single skip is expected, we strongly believe that it’s better to hire a skip that you may not quite fill, as opposed to ordering a skip which ends up being too small meaning a second skip is then required as a result. In other words it’s better to overestimate than underestimate!
When filling a skip it can only be loaded up to the level of the actual skip itself.
It is important that your site foreman and operatives are aware of this as it is actually against the law for drivers to carry over loaded skips on the highways. Likewise, using boards around the skip in an attempt to increase it’s capacity (known in the trade as ‘greedy boards’) is illegal.
If a driver arrives on site to find an overloaded skip they are likely to turn away and leave without the skip, thus potentially incurring additional transport charges.
Though we try to be as flexible with hire periods as possible, as a general rule the maximum hire period is 7 days.
Of course should your site be an ongoing one where numerous skips are required and exchanged on a regular basis then there is nothing to worry about. If however, you require a skip that is likely to be needed for more than 7 days without exchanges, we request you inform us at the time of ordering as a rental charge may be applicable.
Yes. Though any skip that needs to be sited on a public highway, pavement or council owned verge, first requires permission from the local authority responsible.
Though the charges involved and the length of time it takes an application to be processed varies from council to council, in the vast majority of cases we can arrange the required permit on your behalf. Depending on the local authority in question, application periods can be anything from ‘same day’ to 4 weeks, so when you know that a permit is likely to be required on an upcoming site it is vital that you give us as much notice as possible to avoid any unnecessary delays.
Please also note that as the hirer, the lighting and coning of the skip whilst it is placed on public land is your responsibility, though we are usually able to arrange for the hire of these items on your behalf too.
A standard skip or roll-on-off vehicle usually requires a minimum of 10ft (3.3m) width and approximately 13ft (4m) headroom to safely gain access to a site. If your site access falls a little below these requirements we are able to (in most areas) arrange for smaller skips (depending on waste type) to be delivered on smaller lorries.
If you are in any doubt about the access to your sites, we are here to help, so just ask!
There are certain types of waste that cannot be placed in general waste skips under any circumstances.
Examples of such waste types include (but are not limited to): asbestos, fridges, freezers, batteries, tyres, gas cannisters, paint tins, food waste, fluorescent tubes, liquids, TV sets, computer monitors, plasterboard, electrical items (WEEE), mattresses, tree stumps, tree roots, carpet, vinyl, astroturf, rubber matting & roof felt.
It is vital that you always inform us of exactly what your are intending to dispose of at the time of ordering!
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Local area guide
Skip hire in Inverurie
Inverurie is a town in Aberdeenshire, sitting where the River Urie joins the Don around 16 miles north-west of Aberdeen, with a population of around 14,000. It was made a royal burgh in 1558 and grew as a market town serving the fertile farmland of the Garioch — one of the most productive agricultural districts in the north-east, long known as the granary of Aberdeenshire. Cattle and grain markets shaped the town for centuries, and agriculture remains central to the surrounding economy.
The area around Inverurie is exceptionally rich in prehistory. The Bass of Inverurie, a large motte beside the Don, marks the site of a Norman castle, and within a few miles are some of the finest recumbent stone circles in Scotland — a type found almost exclusively in Aberdeenshire, with a large stone laid on its side flanked by two uprights, aligned on the southern moon. Easter Aquhorthies, just west of the town, is among the best preserved. The Maiden Stone at Chapel of Garioch is one of the most striking Pictish cross-slabs anywhere, and Bennachie, the distinctive hill with its Mither Tap tor rising above the town, is a candidate site for the Roman battle of Mons Graupius in AD 83.
Inverurie's industrial era came with the railway. The Great North of Scotland Railway built its locomotive works here in 1902, employing hundreds and shaping the town's growth, and the works continued until 1969. The Aberdeenshire Canal, opened in 1805 and later replaced by the railway, ran from Aberdeen to Inverurie and was one of the earliest in Scotland. Paper-making has also been significant, with a mill at nearby Stoneywood.
North Sea oil transformed the town from the 1970s, when Inverurie became a major commuter settlement for Aberdeen, and its population grew rapidly. The town sits on the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness, with Inverurie station on the Aberdeen to Inverness line giving services to Aberdeen in around 20 minutes. Neighbouring communities include Kintore, Oldmeldrum, Kemnay, Port Elphinstone, Insch and Ellon.
Housing in Inverurie ranges from granite Victorian property around the Market Place and West High Street to railway workers' terraces, interwar and post-war council-built housing, and very extensive modern development built for oil-industry families and commuters across the town's northern and western edges. Property is more affordable than Aberdeen itself, and Inverurie has been one of the fastest-growing towns in Aberdeenshire for several decades.